#majority opinion

[teddyworrell]

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The Supreme Court overruled Friday the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. The decision came after a draft majority opinion overturning the 1973 case leaked in May and caused national uproar among abortion rights advocates.

[sdrewr]

OUTRAGEOUS SUPREME COURT DECISION REVERSING ROE v WADE

Now is the moment for those interested in this matter to read or re-read what was posted earlier on this page; see below for the writings of Sue Halpern and of Anna Grzymala-Busse.

Justice Samuel Alito misspoke when he claimed that a right to abortion was never a part of America's history.

[t-thehistorian-in-training]

T talks

Did I just watch an hour of YouTube videos on majority opinions?

Yes yes I did

Do I now understand them?

No.

[bogeloxi]

Justice Kennedy's majority opinion in Obergefell vs Hodges.....Gizoogooled

No union is mo' profound than marriage, fo' it embodies tha highest idealz of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and crew. In formin a marital union, two playas be- come suttin' pimped outa than once they were, so peek-a-boo, clear tha way, I be comin' thru fo'sho fo' realz. As a shitload of the petitioners up in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a ludd dat may endure even past dirtnap. Well shiiiit, it would misunderstand these pimps n' dem hoes ta say they disrespect tha scam of marriage. Their plea is dat they do respect it, respect it so deeply dat they seek ta find its fulfillment fo' theyselves. Their hope aint ta be condemned ta live up in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s crazy oldschool institutions. They ask fo' equal dignitizzle up in tha eyez of tha law. Da Constipation grants dem dat right. Da judgment of tha Court of Appeals fo' tha Sixth Circuit is reversed. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! It be so ordered.

[beautyandtheuniverse]

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

[anxious-acushla]

Daily reminder that the majority opinion is not always the right one.

Because, like, at one point only white men could vote

Or own property

And women were essentially second class citizens

As were people of color

And none of these people had rights

And slavery was a thing

And people legitimately thought it was rational and logical to own other human beings based on how they looked or where they were from

And that was the majority opinion

[ktheunready]

By creating two contradictory marriage regimes within the same State, DOMA forces same-sex couples to live as married for the purpose of state law but unmarried for the purpose of federal law, thus diminishing the stability and predictability of basic personal relations the State has found it proper to acknowledge and protect. By this dynamic DOMA undermines both the public and private significance of state sanctioned same-sex marriages; for it tells those couples, and all the world, that their otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition. This places same-sex couples in an unstable position of being in a second-tier marriage. The differentiation demeans the couple, whose moral and sexual choices the Constitution protects, see Lawrence, 539 U. S. 558, and whose relationship the State has sought to dignify. And it humiliates tens of thousands of children now being raised by same-sex couples. The law in question makes it even more difficult for the children to understand the integrity and closeness of their own family and its concord with other families in their community and in their daily lives.

From the majority opinion, on how DOMA/United States v. Windsor affected children and the dignity of same-sex couples. Yeah, tears over here. (p. 22-23)

[ktheunready]

DOMA’s history of enactment and its own text demonstrate that interference with the equal dignity of same-sex marriages, conferred by the States in the exercise of their sovereign power, was more than an incidental effect of the federal statute. It was its essence.

From the majority opinion in United States v. Windsor on the essence of what was wrong with DOMA. Yeah, I'm crying in Panera now.